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New Diagnosis of EPI, taking Creon: Sad and scared
Digestive Health | Last Active: Aug 22, 2023 | Replies (18)Comment receiving replies
How do you afford Creon ?? I was told I make $200/year too much for the corporate grant. I take natural digestive enzyme supplements and do well. I think if I had the cost of Creon looming over me … the stress would prevent the Creon from working.
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Hi, to make a long story short, my wife had a Pancreatectomy, and was left with 25% of her pancreas, back in 2011. We could not afford the Creon, she got some samples but not enough.
For a period of time we toughed it out. A few years later, her gastro dr told her about an alternative. It has been on the market for a few years and still not very many people know about it. It's a practitioners exclusive made by Metagenics, called SpectraZyme PAN 9x.
There is also a second with 2x the lipase, call Pan 9x ES
Since this is my first posting, I am not allowed to put their site up, so just do a search for Spectrazme with either the Pan 9x or Pan 9x ES and that will get you there.
As subscribers' through her dr, we received a discount. Way more inexpensive than Creon and has the same functional ingredients. To any and all who read this, go to the site, check it out. If anyone here is currently taking it, let me know. We finally were approved for Croen this year, through MyAbbvie (the direct manufacturer), so we have 2 bottles sealed of the ES (90 count each) we do not want to toss or give away to a corporation. Pix of our bottles is attached. I have had them posted online for less than half of the discounted price. So I found this site. In hopes of finding others who need it.
Questions, just inquire.
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After my husband had a Whipple surgery, he was put on creon. I picked up the first prescription in April 2018 and it was $40 (yes, really). When I went back for a refill it was over $800. By the time Jim died in May 2020, it was over $2000 after insurance. I had unopened bottles of Creon I hated to toss in a prescription pill throw away bin at CVS. So I looked on line to see if I could donate it anywhere. The state of Wyoming has a prescription pill return where you can donate unopened and sealed pills so I sent $8000 worth of Creon pills there and they accepted them. I don't know what happened between our first fill at Kmart until the next time. The patents for the drug will expire in 2024-2034.